Brain Hydatid Cyst with Atypical Symptoms in an Adult: A Case Report

Brain hydatid cyst constitutes one of the leading causes of cranial mass in the endemic region, especially among the children. Symptoms of the disease are associated with rising of intracranial pressure and focal neurological deficit. Surgical excision of the cyst is essential to treatment. Here we...

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Autores principales: BABOLI, Shahnam, BABOLI, Simin, SOLEIMAN MEIGOONI, Saeed
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28127351
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description Brain hydatid cyst constitutes one of the leading causes of cranial mass in the endemic region, especially among the children. Symptoms of the disease are associated with rising of intracranial pressure and focal neurological deficit. Surgical excision of the cyst is essential to treatment. Here we present a 19 yr-old male livings in Ardabil, northwest of Iran, referred to Neurosurgery Clinic in Khanevadeh University Hospital, Tehran, Iran with a large brain hydatid cyst and atypical symptoms. He was treated by surgical excision of the cyst without any complication. There were not any clinical or radiological signs of recurrence after one-year follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-52560622017-01-26 Brain Hydatid Cyst with Atypical Symptoms in an Adult: A Case Report BABOLI, Shahnam BABOLI, Simin SOLEIMAN MEIGOONI, Saeed Iran J Parasitol Case Report Brain hydatid cyst constitutes one of the leading causes of cranial mass in the endemic region, especially among the children. Symptoms of the disease are associated with rising of intracranial pressure and focal neurological deficit. Surgical excision of the cyst is essential to treatment. Here we present a 19 yr-old male livings in Ardabil, northwest of Iran, referred to Neurosurgery Clinic in Khanevadeh University Hospital, Tehran, Iran with a large brain hydatid cyst and atypical symptoms. He was treated by surgical excision of the cyst without any complication. There were not any clinical or radiological signs of recurrence after one-year follow-up. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5256062/ /pubmed/28127351 Text en Copyright© Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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